Chapter 383 [Super Gift Pack]

Standing at the entrance of the tent, Chen Daolin took a look at the rows of brick-burning earth kilns, and from time to time, there were thick smoke rolling in the open earth kilns.

"If I had done this in reality, I would have been fined and broke all over..." Chen Daolin sighed, looked up at the sky in the northwest, and smiled bitterly: "It's not my hometown anyway."

Montoya has been away for almost ten days. This guy took a dozen mercenaries into the branch of Mount Kilimaro. According to Chen Daolin's speculation, even if the coal mine vein recorded in the note Du Wei left was real, even if the Holy Knight was really blessed by the goddess, this guy would have to drill in the mountain for at least one or two months before he could come back.

Before this, if you want to maintain the earthen kiln and burn bricks, you can only rely on firewood.

But the consumption of firewood is too high. According to the consumption ratio, burning about a thousand loess bricks will cost a whole truck of firewood.

Almost all the vegetation visible in the view around the gathering place has been cut down almost.

The laborers returned at sunrise and sunset every day, with the "Protestants" and "God servants" they appointed to supervise the work, and from time to time they created one or two cases of being rewarded for their hard work as encouragement. Almost no one was lazy.

Every day, I just watched thousands of people busy like ants, digging out the loess hillsides around the gathering place bit by bit. After only more than a month, there was a little heated atmosphere around the gathering place.

In order to maintain morale, Chen Daolin deliberately concealed some bad news, such as because of the unfamiliar process and the problem of mastering the fire, almost all of the burned bricks were defective. If you dare to use them to build a house, a storm would bury people alive - just to build a toilet or a livestock shed.

Also, the consumption of food is far beyond Chen Daolin's estimate - he is doing physical work every day, and the consumption of food is far more than normal.

To manage the food, drink, defecation and sensation of tens of thousands of people, Chen Daolin increasingly discovered his shortcomings. Even though he thought he had planned carefully before, one hole after another would appear later.

The day before yesterday, he specially used Polomir's style of playing to Rova City, but his purpose was to buy salt.

Yes, it's salt!

The human body needs a lot of salt to supplement heavy physical work. Chen Daolin had never thought of this before.

In addition to these, it has been more than three months since Mulan City kidnapped these 10,000 people here.

Several more things have erupted in the past few days that Chen Daolin felt not optimistic: among the more than 10,000 people, the ratio of men and women is really terrible!

Only a small number of laborers and craftsmen came by their families, most of them were bachelors, and they were strong men who worked hard. It would be fine if they didn't know the taste of meat for several months. Now, these mud-legged people pass by the logistics camp every day, and look at the women responsible for cooking and washing clothes for them, their eyes are all green.

If this continues, something will happen.

Chen Daolin didn't want a group of powerful J criminals to appear on his territory.

He had ordered the logistics camps, especially those living areas of family, to send more mercenaries to maintain public order - but these mercenaries themselves are not restless.

These mercenaries are used to being in the world, and they like to drink and eat meat in big mouthfuls - of course, another traditional habit of mercenaries is to find women.

If it were in the town, these people would have gone to find the girl with money.

But here...

Thousands of men have been struggling for several months. Do you really want them to use their hands to rub them every day?

Too evil! Too evil!!

Chen Daolin could only quietly give an order to increase his workload by 10%. He just hopes that these guys are exhausted every day and have no energy to think about other things.

...

Although now at the gathering place, the name of the "Wu Shuang Martial Saint Sect" believed by Chen Daolin and all the nobles has spread, and more and more people have shown an unconcealed attitude of envy.

But Chen Daolin still did not openly recruit religious believers.

He still blocked the recruitment standards for believers very strictly. In the past month, Protestants have only grown to less than one hundred, while God's servants have grown to five hundred.

For the time being, Chen Daolin feels that this number will not increase in breakthroughs. He always has to give these people some thoughts. It is like driving a livestock, with a carrot hanging in front. If the livestock eat the carrot too early, I am afraid it will not run hard.

From this point of view, Chen Daolin couldn't help but sigh: I'm obviously a poor person, but why do I seem to be so talented to exploit people now? This is probably the bad root of human nature.

Just as Chen Daolin was feeling emotion, he suddenly saw Baron Pierre running towards him.

The old baron was not as old as he ran. After all, he was also a martial artsman. The old baron's health was even much better than his son who was only thirty years old. After Montoya entered the mountain, this guy took the initiative to take over the task of maintaining collective public order. At the age of age, he rode a war horse and a group of mercenaries in the gathering ground every day.

"Sir!" Pierre ran out of breath and came outside the tent, strode towards Chen Daolin: "Someone is here to visit, and ask to see you."

"See me?" Chen Daolin's expression moved: "Where did people come from? Luowa City? Or Mulan City?"

"None are..." Baron Pierre's tone was a bit strange: "It's from the north."

As he said that, the old man pointed his finger at the direction north.

"North?" Chen Daolin frowned, was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "Border Army?"

The old baron nodded seriously, and then he whispered: "A few people came, riding war horses, wearing Tulips' military uniforms. The leader seems to have a good status."

A trace of deep thought appeared in Chen Daolin's eyes...

...

A moment later, these guests were invited to Chen Daolin's large tent.

There were five people coming, and the Tulips family uniforms were all very straight, but they probably had to work hard and covered in dust on their faces. They seemed to be in a hurry to get on the road.

The one in the lead, with a medium figure, a little fat, a smile on his face, his eyes almost narrowed to the top when he smiled, and the style of a fat rich man who made money was standard. However, the military uniform, medals and epaulettes worn by this man showed his identity and was a commander-level officer, which made Chen Daolin not very easy to underestimate.

In such a small place, a commander-level officer is enough to make the mayor of Rova City kneel down and lick it. What's more, he is from the Tulip family.

"You must be the master here." The fat officer walked over with a smile and actually took the initiative to bow to Chen Daolin - this posture was extremely low! Chen Daolin's heart moved. He was about to return the salute, but the man quickly took two steps and reached out to stop Chen Daolin. He lowered his voice and smiled bitterly: "Your status is noble, how can you salute me..."

Um?

Chen Daolin's heart moved!

Noble identity? This guy... knows who I am?!

"It's windy outside, please wait inside." Chen Daolin turned around and made a gesture of asking for help.

The commander was very good at going on the road, leaving all his entourage outside, and followed Chen Daolin into the tent alone to talk. Chen Daolin was no longer polite. Anyway, Baron Pierre was naturally responsible for the reception of the people outside.

As soon as he walked into the tent, the commander looked around and sighed a long time ago, with a little emotion in his tone, and his expression was very sincere: "The conditions here are so simple! I really didn't expect that a world-famous magician nobleman would live in such a tent."

He shook his head repeatedly, looked at Chen Daolin, and whispered: "Even in the border military camp, the conditions are much better than here."

Chen Daolin smiled but said nothing, just asked the guy to sit down, and then the little maid Xia Xia quickly ran out from behind and poured a glass of water for the man.

The officer was very sensible and didn't dare to look at Xia Xia more directly, and his attitude was very reserved.

Chen Daolin also sat down. He pondered for a while before speaking: "Neither official..."

"I dare not let you call me that!" The guy jumped up and waved his hands repeatedly, "My name is Duncan, just call me by me!"

Chen Daolin frowned again before continuing: "Are you a member of the Tulip Family's border army?"

"I dare not bother you to ask, I am a member of the border army, serving for the family and currently serves as the head of the logistics battalion of the family's Independent Division in the Northwest Border Defense."

Chen Daolin nodded. He slowly picked up the cup and took a sip of tea. He looked at the other person's expression quietly, but found that this guy named Duncan scratched his ears and his forehead, was restrained and uncomfortable, especially when he occasionally glanced at his eyes, with a little... awe?

Huh? This is strange. There are people from the Tulip family I met, and they all have their eyes on the top of their foreheads?

"You... know who I am?" Chen Daolin suddenly put down the teacup and suddenly asked this question.

Duncan's expression froze, then smiled bitterly, and whispered: "That... Your great name has spread throughout the empire. Who doesn't know, who doesn't know..."

This is vague, but the meaning is clear.

He refused to say it explicitly, but just pointed it out. It was not surprising that Chen Daolin was not surprised. After all, his identity was too sensitive and he was now a clear wanted criminal by the empire. As a current officer of the border army, the other party was of a low level. If he openly spoke out his identity, it would be embarrassing to everyone.

"So, Mr. Duncan, what is the reason for you to come here to find me today?" Chen Daolin thought for a moment and simply went straight in.

Duncan took a deep breath, his eyes were a little strange, and he slowly said, "A few days ago, didn't you entrust Polomir to buy a batch of old grains replaced from our army's logistics camp..."

Chen Daolin heard this and smiled faintly: "Is there such a thing... Why, is there something wrong with this transaction? Or is the money not paid?"

"Pay it and pay it!" Duncan said quickly: "Mr. Polomir is very capable in doing things. The money for purchasing food has been paid out. However, we still have the last batch of food that has not been transported..."

"So, it's the last batch of grain. Is there any problem?" Chen Daolin's face showed some concern. Now the food consumption here is much beyond expectations. If there is a problem with the subsequent supplement of grain, I'm afraid I will really face a lot of trouble.

"I will never!" Duncan immediately patted his chest and promised: "When I came out this time, the last batch of grain transport team had already left the barracks with me at the same time. But I was quick and I walked faster and arrived at your place first. I expected that the grain would be delivered in a few days!"

"Yes." Chen Daolin's face became much more kind: "So, your official, why are you here to find me?"

Duncan looked a little embarrassed, and he even showed a little shyness before he hesitating: "That... in the last transaction, our army was very happy, and they all said that it was really a pleasure to do business with someone like you, and the price you gave was also high..."

Speaking of this, Duncan's face turned a little red - the price was indeed high, but part of it fell into the pockets of himself and some other logistics officers. Speaking of which, he still slaughtered Polomir hard.

But I didn’t expect that this noble man is so big!

If things can happen, Duncan would not dare to take Chen Daolin’s kickback if he beats him to death!

Now this money has become a death talisman for all the people in the border army's logistics camp! This matter even alarmed the family's patriarch and Duke. If it is not handled properly... everyone can only wait to be subject to military law, cut off their heads and spread throughout the border army camp to serve as a warning!

"This is the thing. The last time we made a transaction between the two sides was very pleasant. In recent days, the military was taking stock of the market, and there were some materials that were replaced by Taobao. I thought to myself, it is better to be familiar than to be bbw. With a big buyer like you, why should we go far? Anyway, it is to be sold, so I came to you to ask, I don't know if you are interested in eating this batch of things..."

"Military supplies exchanged for Tao?"

Chen Daolin's eyes lit up, but it quickly covered up his past. He coughed and said lightly: "This... I took up a lot of funds in my hands in the last transaction. Now you have also seen that I have tens of thousands of people eating, drinking, defecating and urinating here, and the daily expenses are not small. I may not be very relaxed. I am afraid that even if I want to eat, I will have the will but not enough."

It was clear that the other party came to the door for sale, so Chen Daolin naturally wanted to take the airs.

"You can eat it!" Duncan jumped up almost excitedly and said quickly: "For a big rich man like you, you can never find a second one in the Nulin Province! Moreover, the things we provide this time, in addition to a batch of grain, there are many other good things. They are all popular goods, that..."

Duncan rubbed his hands repeatedly, secretly anxious: If you don't want to eat it, I'm afraid my head will be hard to protect...

Chen Daolin was stunned for a moment. Although he was surprised by the other party's anxious attitude towards sales, he thought about it... Could it be that these guys secretly bought military supplies to fill their pockets?

No matter what, I am just a fair deal, and even if the incident happened afterwards, I can still stand firm.

"So, please tell me what military supplies to be dealt with this time."
To be continued...